Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium

Putting the Learning into SoTL: student experiences of learning and implications for practice

Tuesday 28th October 2008

Senate Rooms, University of Glasgow.

SoTLsymposium: Putting the learning into SoTL

The most recent SoTL symposium focused on Putting the Learning into SoTL: student experiences of learning and implications for practice. The following presentations were given:

Previous Events

SoTL Symposium 27th March 2008 Enquiry Based Learning (EBL)

Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow

This SoTL symposium focused on Enquiry Based Learning (EBL). The morning provided an opportunity for participants to hear about the University of Glasgow's EBL project. Presentations were given by Dr Jane Pritchard, Learning & Teaching Advisor, HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre, Anne Tierney, University Teacher - Level 1 Biology, Alistair Hood, Anatomy student and Jacky Carroll, Dentistry student. In the afternoon, Stephen Rowland, Professor of Higher Education at the Institute of Education, gave a keynote address entitled 'Integration and Integrity in Academic Enquiry'. Workshops in the afternoon focused on discussion of EBL and academic enquiry.

A number of resources from this event are available:

• Stephen Rowland's presentation can be viewed at the following URL: mms://commsvs1.cent.gla.ac.uk/LTU/rowland.wmv
•  Stephen Rowland's slides

•  Stephen Rowland's notes

A DVD of Stephen Rowland's presentation is available for purchase for £10 incl. postage and packing (£5 University of Glasgow staff). If you are interested, please contact Pam Luthwood at the Learning & Teaching Centre 0141 330 4864 p.luthwood@admin.gla.ac.uk

For more information on Professor Stephen Rowland's ideas on integration and academic enquiry, please see his recent book: Rowland, S. (2006) The enquiring university: compliance and contestation in higher education. Maidenhead: Open University Press / SRHE.

The University of Glasgow EBL project have produced a guide to EBL for staff and students. Copies of this guide are available from Lucinda Dempsie at the Learning & Teaching Centre at l.dempsie@admin.gla.ac.uk 0141 330 3370

Further resources and information on EBL are available at the following link: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/learningteaching/goodpracticeresources/enquirybasedlearningebl/

SoTL Symposium 3rd April 2007 Learning Communities

Forehall G255, Main Building, University of Glasgow 

This one-day symposium looked at the role Learning Communities can play in supporting and enhancing Scholarship across the higher education sector. This fourth symposium on the scholarship of teaching and learning began with four short talks by practitioners on their practice. In the afternoon, we were delighted to have Professor Milton Cox (Director, Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, Miami University, Ohio) who led the session on how learning communities can support scholarship. Professor Cox gave an overview of the concept, followed by examples of the different ways learning communities have been realised in a number of different institutions. Participants were then asked to consider how learning communities could be used to support and develop SoTL in the context of their own practice.

This symposium was aimed at all who have an interest in scholarship: Senior University Managers, Promotions Committees, University Teachers, Senior University teachers, and probationary staff on UT or SUT contracts, Lecturers, Educational Developers, Heads of Departments, Associate Deans for Teaching and Learning and Senate Assessors,